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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-04
Booths Imitation Of Himself.
THE PRESS PRONOUNCED IT SOMETHING
TO MAKE HIM SHUDDER.

The following story of Edwin Booths
alleged failure in initiating himself is
interesting. Some time during '62 the
brother Of the "only Hamlet was playing
in Washington. and at the close OF his
engagement was rendered benefit This
was naturally a matinee, for. whatever
may have been the general opinion OF the
acting of John Wilkes Booth, there was
very little dissent. especially among the
oentler sex, from that he was the hand
soonest man of the day. Edwin Booth,
being in the city, naturally attended, and
wene behind the scenes to congratulate his
brother on his bumper of an audience
As Edwin stood conversing in the wings,
a then popular character actor, who had
been giving limitations of noted actors as
his share of the program, came on the
stage and began preparing to respond to
a tremendous encore.
what next" asked Booth.
81 am gong to give them you IN the
'Solloquy," said ths specialist, nervous
ly. "But with the original looking on l
know shall make a mess Of it,"
81 say, Ned" said John Wilkes, 81
have an idea Go out and initiate your
SELF"
The proposition struck the tragedian as
comica, one. Hastily putting on the
mimic's wig and buttoring up his coat he
went on and delivered the celebrated
speech of the melancholy Dane. The next
morning the National Intellgencer, the
great paper then, said that the limitations
ruined the performance, each being worse
than the others. "while that of Edwin
Booth was simply vile enough to cause
that famous actor to shudder in his shoes
could he have but seen it."-Chicaqo Cur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-04
3ostital.
THE MOTHER WANTS HER BOY.

There's homestead waiting for you. my boy,
In quaint. old fashioned town;
The gray NOES eiings to the gar len wall,
And the dwelling lie low and brown;
But vacant chair By the Preside stands,
And never q grace IL said,
But mother prays that her absent son
soon may be homeward led.
For the mother wants her boy
She trains the vines and tends the flowers,
For, che says, "My boy will come;
And want the quiet, humble place
To be just like the dear old home
That it seemed when he, gentle lad,
Used 10 pluck the orchards gold,
And ga her of roses and lilies tai,
Far more than his hand could hold;
And still l want my boy"
How well she knows the very place
Where yoa played at bat and bali;
And the violet cap you wore TO school
Still hangs on it's hook in the hall.
A nd when the twilight hour draws near
She steals adown the lane,
To cJsset the lambs you used 10 pet,
For the mother wants ner boy.
She is growing old, ard her eyes are dim
With watching day by day,
For the children nurtured at her breast
fave slipped from her arms away.
Alone and lonely she names the hours
As the de- ar ones come and go,
Their coming she calls "fhe time OF flowers"
their going ''Thdhours of snow
Aud she ever wants her boy.
Walk on, toll on, give strength and mind
To the task in YOUR chosen place.
But never forget the dear old home,
And he mothers loving lace.
You may count your blessings score on score,
You may heap your golden grain,
But remember. when her grave II MADE,
Your Ginning will BE- in vain.-
IT'S now she wants her boy.
-Christian at York
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-04
THE WELCOME BACK.

Sweet 10 the hour that brings US home,
Where all will spring to meet US.
" here hands are striving We come
To be the first to greet us.
When the world has spent its frowns and wrath
And care been sorely pressing,
lis sweet 10 turn from our rowing path
And find fireside blessing.
All, j1yfully dear Is the home ward track,
If we are but sure OF a welcome back
What do we reck on dreary way,
Though lonely and benighted,
II We know there are lips to hide our stay
And eyes that will beam love lighted?
What 10 the worth OF your aiamond ray
TO the glance thai flashes pleasure.
When the words that welcome back betray
We form hearts Chi treasure?
Oh, joyfully dear IL cur homeward track,
If We are but sure of u welcome back
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-04
CLAUS SPRECKLES,

SUGAR MONOPOLIsT, ACCUSED OF AT.
TEMPTING TO INCITE REBELLION IN
THE LITTLE KINGDOM.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-04

Leave Augusta every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY. at 8 A Nj; HalowelI at
go, Gardiner at o.45 ; Richmond al 7.5U; Bath
at . 10, wing at Popham Beach at 1880. Gives
three hours and halt at the Beach.
RETUKN1NG-Leave fopham Beach at Z. NJ. /;
BATH at 3.lo; Richmond at no; Gardiner at $40
HALLOWEEN az 6.l5, arriving at Augusta at T. 80.
SATURDAYS Leave Augusta AT Z 4. NJ; Halo
well at z.20; Gardiner at . as Richmoud at $50 ,
Bath at 5.1'; arriving al Popham Beach at $50.
MoNDAYS-Leave Poph an Beach at $40 A. NJ ;
CARVING al Bath in season for early trains, both
East and WesI Bath at d As; Richmond at $40;
Gardner at 9.l5; Haowel at 935; arriving at
Augusta at $50.
FAkES-Augusta to HallOwell 8 cents; Augusta
to Gardiner 10 cents--round trip rs cents. Halo
well TO Gardiner ~ cents-round trip Is cents. Au
gusta, Hallowell and Gardiner to Richmond 20
cents-round trip so cents. Augusta, Hallowell and
Gardiner 10 Bath. b. cents-round trip 75c. Rich
mond to Bath 30 cents-round trip so cents. Angus
ia, Halowel and Gardiner TO Popham Beach, rs
cents-round trip, 500 Richmond TO P.p6am
Beach, 90 cents-round rip, 20 cents. Bath to pop
ham Beach, 30 cents-round trip so cents.
AGENTs-Augusta w. j. Tuck, steamboat Land.
ing; Hallowell, Dr. Halves. DR.. nil wiiarf; Gard ner
Mr.. Chase cray wharf; hichmond, j. 1. Robinson,
Star wharf; Bath q. q. Greenleaf. Star wharf.
A5-PAssengers for Boo hbay and the Islands can
take the Eastern Steamboat Co.'S steamers, or
steamer Islander, at Bath.
70. VICKERY, Proprietor
P0pham Beach, July /, ieS7. IT.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
Careless Contributors.

Yes" said the editor, as he put his
mucilagc brush in the ink bottle and
tried to paste on clipping with his
stub pen, eyes, the great fault of news
paper contributors is carlessness.
Indeed" he continued, as he dropped
the copy he had been writing. into the
waste basket, and marked Editorial
across the corner of poem entitled an
lode to Death" contributors are ter
ribly careless. You would be sur
prised, sad he, as he clipped a col
umn of fashion items and labelled them
Farm Notes." to see the slipshod
writing that comes into the editorial
sanctum. Misspelled. unpunctuated,
written on both sides OF the sheet. IL
legible, ungramatical stuff. Contribu-
tors are terribly careless. They are"
just then the office boy came. in that
dictatorial and autocratic manner he
has, and demanded more copy. and th,
editor handed him the love letter
had just written his girl. and, a. b
had forgotten what he had been
talking about, went on with his work.
Yankee Blade
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
Across the Fields.

Across the fields, across the fields,
This bright October morn pass,
The spiders webs, like silver shields,
Are hung upon the dripping grass;
Like mummies stand the mulleins sere,
The sumach fires are flaming up,
And like star Of gold CLEANS here
And there late, lone buttercup.
Aross the fields, across the fields
! catch Kaleidoscope views;
His wand again King Midas Yields,
And elm tops turn 10 golden hues;
The glory OF the autumn wood
The sunset has rival in
The emeralds are dipped in blood,
Aud revelries Of death begin.
Across the fields, across the fields.
The breath Of distant srownakes comes
To 1t the grape his sweetness yields;
A wailing song the wild bee huns,
And bows and girls with cheeks OF tan,
The frosted leaves go tripping thro',
The groves upon the hills TO scan
For treasures each years bring anew.
Layton Bnrdick.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
A Personal Advertisement.

Little Miss Washburn wandered quit,
distance from her country home al
well-known summer resort, not many
weeks ago. and couldn't find her way
back. But she was not bit dsmaved.
She Immediately lifted up her voice
and shouted to the full capacity of her
lungs:
II IN Grace Washburn and I'm lost!
I'm Grace Washburn and I'm lostr
This she repeated until it reached
the ears of some one who knew wher,
she lived, and she was escorted home.
boston Budget.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

There probably never was a simple
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hard and &c is the first thing the women
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is just what the world wants to-day. Its
sale is said TO the largest ever known.
The record is all right, so far.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
CAPITAL VS.. Labor.

When young man sits in the parlor
talking nonsense TO his best girl. that,
capital. But when he has to stay in
evenings after they are married that's
labor. Judge.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
Catarrh Cured.

A clergyman, after years OF suffering
from that loathsome disease. Catsrrh, and
vainly trying every known remedy, at
last found presc ription which complete
sufferer from this dreadful disease sending
a self addressed stamped envelope TO Prof.
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

BURNS and Scalds are instantly rendered
painless and invariably cured without scar,
by the use of Carboiissive, the great skin
remedy. p and 30 cents, at Druggists or by
mail Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
PEACH TAPIOCA.

Soak some tapioca over night and in
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clear, adding more water from time to
time us needed; slice five nice peaches
with silver knife and sprinkle lber-
ally with sugar; when you take the
tapioca from the stove, stir the peaches
into it. Eat cold with sugar and cream.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

Vermont has ten living exgovernorS Of
whom four are each over 50 years old.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

Jay Gould is quietly buying large tracts
OF western land. AL he wants is the land
that jines his'n.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
NWbtstneoay %ymW not see mh again. yMradS Gdd naming this

In this enlightened age, true greatness
consists in smoking three dozen twenty
five cent cigars a day, and having sigma
ture that nobody can read.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

Piso's Remedy FOR Catarrh is reeabls
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

The Englishmau who said that hugging
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ful
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

Joshua stopped the sun, but IL would
have puzzled him so stop a bob.tailed
street car after it had passed him a rod.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
IsMoXIE IsIMHUG.

There may be nothing new in this world
but there's a heap that's fresh.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

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\ thing OF mystery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11


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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11

Take round, smooth tomatoes, peel
them, cut out the hard core and slice
them thin. Have several slices of salt
pork fried so as to have about one-half
cup Of fat in our spider. Put in the
tomatoes after taking out the slices of
pork. with one-half cup of brown sugar,
and pepper and salt if liked. Cook soft
and serve hot
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-19

| She would die before The victory was won.
@Our people" answered Rachel, seem to be
| concentrating in front of breckenridge
| There must be a division over there. Brock
| enridge sees it, and his cannon are firing at
our men Heis bringing men up at the double
| quick" She stopped, for spasm OF fear in
| regard to Harry clicked her
Go on, honey What are they doing
now2r
~Our men have formed long line, reaching
| from the river up TO the woods. They begin
to march forward. Breckenridge opens more
| guns. They cut lanes through them Now
the infantry begins firing. A cloud of smoke
settles down and hides both sides. | can see
no more . my God, our men are running.
| The whole line CONES back out OF the smoke,
| with men dropping at every step. If Harry
| were only safely out OF there, I'd give my
life"
Aunt pebby groaned Look again,
| honey" she said after moments pause
"lt's worse than ever. Breekenridge's men
are swarIning out OF their works. There
seems to lie MYRIAD Of them They cover
the whole hillside until | cannot ste the
| ground. They yell like demons and drive
our men down INTO the river. They follow
| them to the waters edge and shoot Them
| down in the stream. All. there goes bat
| terry on the gallop to the bill in front Of Us.
| IT, has opened ON the Conicderates, and its
| shells dig great holes III the black masses, but
the Coniederates still como on There goes
another battery on the galiop. 1t has opened.
| There is another. stu another They are
| galloping over here from every direction
Glory" shouted Aunt Debby.
"There's fringe of trees near the waters
| edge, whose tops reach nearly to the top of
the hill. The cannon shots tear the branches
off and dash down great ranks Of Confeder-
ates with them
"T'he arth rocks as when He laws his finger
upon hit said Aunt Dehby
| The ground was trembling under the ex-
plosion OF the tifty-eighl pieces of artillery
| which EoSecrans hastily Inaased at O'Clock
| Friday afternoon for the relief of his over
| powered left whats them that so boo
! WOO WOO, hike great hlg dogs barkin'}'
"rhose arc John Mendenhali's big Napo-
leons, said u wounded artillery officer. Go
| on, miss What nowl@
THE Confederutes have stopped coming on.
They are apparently firing back The shells
and the limbs OF the trees still break their
lines and tear them to pieces. Now our men
dash across the river again. and begin a
| musketry fire that Hlows them down. They
| start to run, and our Int n chdrge after them,
| cheering rs they rdD our men have taken
4 their cannon away from them. The Con-
| federates are running for lie to get inside
| their works. The hillside Is dotted with those
| who have fallen, aud there are rows of them
| lying near the water. Now everything Is
| quieting down again.
| ~trlory ter Godl tor he hes at la,t given
the enemy inter our hands. Come and kiss
| me, honey, an say coo,l-hY'
| From the threats of 35,C,n excited spec
tatorS of the destruction Of Ereckemidgcs
| division rose cheers Of triumph that echoed
to the clouds.
What sweet music that is said A,ut
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-19
pETITIoN TO SELL REAL EsTATF.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, l..
COUNTY OF RocK ISLAND. in the County
court. Febrnarv term, A. D. 1857.
Catharine Murphy administrative OF the estate Of
Dennis Murphy, deceased. vs. Unknown heirs of
Dennis Murphy.
Affidavit of the nonsresidence Of the unknown
heirs of Dennis Murphy, defendant above named
having been filed in the Office Of the clerk of said
county court of Rock Island county, notice IL
hereby given 10 the said unknown heirs Of Dennis
Murphy, deceased. that the said petitioner. ad
m nistratrix of the estate Of Dennis Murphy de-
ceased. has heretofore fled her petition in said
county court OF Rock Island county, praying for a
decree for the sale af the real estate belonging TO
the estate Of said deceased. or so much OF il as
and described as follows, to.wit: The undi-
vided one half % of the following real estate
to wit: the west fifty (50) feet Of the east one
hundred and ten f110) feet of the north eighty
1907 feet Of oGtlot forty-one (a1), section thirty
six 1857, township eighteen (1s) north range two
(a) west Of the Fourth principal meri.
dian, situated In the county OF Rock Island
and state Of Illinois, and that a summons has
been issued out of said court agaibst you, re-
turDabe TO the February term, A. D. 1887 of said
court, to be holden on the third Monday Of Febru-
ary A. d. 1887, at the court house in the city Of
Rock Island in said Rock Island county. Now,
| unless you, the said unknown heirs Of the said
Dennis Murphy. shall personally be and appear
before said county court Of Rock Island county, on
the first day OF the term thereof to be holder at
| Rock Island in said county aforesaid, on the
second Monday OF March, A. d. 1887, and plead,
answer or demur to the said complainant spetition
filed therein, the same and the matters and things
| therein charged and stated viii be taken as con-
| fessed and q decree entered against you accord
| ing to the prayer Of said petition.
| Rock Island, January gath, 1881.
RICHARD A. DONALDSON, Clerk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-19
pETlTIoN TO SELL REAL ESTATE


STATE OF ILLINOIS, t.,
Rock IeLaNp COUNTY, S. In the County
Court TO the February term, A, y. 1885,.
Edward Murrin vs. Jane Murrin. Bridget Cum
nipgham, Michael Murrin, Ann Conwell, Bridget
Murrin Jane Murrin, John Murrip Ann Murrin.
Petition to sell real estate TO psy debls.
Affidavit OF the n-residenee OF Jane Nurrin.
Bridget Cunningham, Micnael Murrin and Ann
Conwell, defendants above named, having been
filed in the Office OF the clerk OF said County court
Of Rock Island county, notice is hereby given 10
the said Jane Murrin, Bridget Cunningham,
Michael Murrin and Ann Conwen, that the said
petitioner, Edward Mnrrin, administrator OF tha
estate Of John Murrin, deceased, has heretofore
fled his petition in s9id County court OF Rock
Island county. praying for decree for the sale of
the real estate belonging TO the estate OF ssd de
ceased or much of il as may be needed 10 pay
the debts Of said deceased, and described as fol-
lows, to-Wit: Sub lot t10) ten block On fourteen
in Spencer 6 Cases addition to the city Of Rock
Island in the county of Rock Island and state OF
Illinois; and that a summons has been issued out
Of said court against yon. returnable TO the Feb
ruary term A. d. 1897, Of said court, 10 be holden
on the Third Monday Of February, A. ID. 1887. al
the court house in hock Island in said Rock Isl
and county.
Now, unless you the said ia ne Murrin, Bridget
Cunningham, Michael Murrfn and Ann Conwcll
shall personally be and appear before sail couu-
~ court OF Rock Island county on the first day Of
a term thereof TO be holden at the court house in
said county as aforesaid on the Sd Monday of Feb
ruary, A. ID 1887, and plead answer or demur TO
the said complainants' petition fled therein the
same and the matters and things therein charged
and stated will be takenas confessed. and a de-
cree entered against you aocor ling TO the
prayer Of said petition.
RICHARD DONALDSON, Clerk,
p. 0'MARA,
Corlpt'Ts So,'r